Episodes

Shang-Chi opened to huge box office this past weekend, second only to Black Widow for 2021 debuts.  In a gamble, Disney bypassed their streaming service and released the film exclusively to theaters.  Based on the returns,

Hello all, and welcome to another mini-episode of Cinemavino.  For this very special recording, we're going to take a spoiler-free look at Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.  We all enjoyed it, to varying degrees.  As always,

Welcome back to another fine episode of Cinemavino!  This week, it's our penultimate look at summer sequels.  Sadly, this season is winding down, and so is our talk about part twos.  The Bourne Legacy is an interesting blockbuster:  It's the fourth ins...

Hey, y'all!  This week on Cinemavino, we take another long look at an epic spy sequel:  Mission Impossible III.  MI3 came at an odd juncture in Tom Cruise's career.  He was at the peak of his box office power,

For this week's Cinemavino, we have another mini-episode, this time focusing on the critically-acclaimed The Green Knight.  A sharp, cerebral look at the medieval poem, Knight shows the emotional struggle of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel),

As part of our continuing look back at the best and blurst of movie sequels, this week takes us to Escape from L.A. Legendary horror maestro John Carpenter and all-around badass Kurt Russell re-team for this follow up to the 80s cult chestnut Escape fr...

For your listening pleasure, we present a short podcast on The Suicide Squad! This movie turned out to be a lot of fun, and we had a great time discussing it. DC's resume is a messy affair, so it's great to see them get something right.

For this week's Cinemavino, we take a long look back at 2002's Blade II, an early entry in the modern superhero renaissance. Believe or not, this episode grows more timely by the minute: Marvel is currently working on a reboot of the character,

A lot of people probably don't realize there are three movies in Disney's Shrunk franchise.  In a related story, a lot of people would like to forget there are movies in Disney's Shrunk franchise.  The first was a solid dose of fun,

For this week's Cinemavino, we're turning back to a classic 80s sequel:  Ghostbusters II.  I remember loving this movie as a nerdy kid.  It had dudes with nuclear ray guns fighting goblins and controlling the Statue of Liberty with a Nintendo controlle...

Welcome to another fine episode of Cinemavino!  This week continues our summer series, looking at overlooked blockbuster sequels.  Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a great movie, let alone sequel.  Guillermo Del Toro knocks it out of the park with imagin...

For tonight's episode, we take a look at the final two episodes of Marvel's Loki, and the larger implications it has for Marvel's Phase Four.  Needless to say, *spoilers are everywhere*, so proceed with caution.

That’s right–it’s a Cinemavino double-header!  For this episode, we go live-to-tape again, and discuss Black Widow.  SPOILERS ABOUND, so go see the movie and read my review, then go check out our podcast. - As always, we mix in a few cuss-type words.

This will be our first attempt at live-to-tape.  We kick off our summer series, looking at blockbuster sequels.  In this installment, we discuss Batman Returns. - To read my written review of Batman Returns, click here!  -

For this week’s Cinemavino, we take a look at The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.  In a broader discussion, we cover films that claim to be based on real events, and what obligation they have to the actual truth. - Also,

This week concludes our series taking a fresh look at movies that might be over or underrated. For this installment, we screen the Coen Brothers’ dark comedy, The Ladykillers, starring Tom Hanks, J.K. Simmons, Erma P. Hall, and Marlon Wayans.

This week is part of our ongoing series, wherein we take a look at films that might be over or underrated. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil definitely falls under the latter category. It’s a cult horror-comedy from 2010 that surprised viewers with its savvy an...

Buckle up for another fine episode of Cinemavino! As part of our limited series, we take a look back at a classic 90s Western, Tombstone. It’s been everywhere on cable TV since then, but I’ve managed to avoid it. Now,

This week’s Cinemavino is part 4 of our series in which we take a look back at over and underrated films. Like all great directors, Steven Spielberg has delivered movies in both categories.  Fun, laid-back, and sweetly sentimental,

Welcome back! This is Week 3 of our limited series, in which we take at look at old movies that might be over or underrated. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow could be either, depending on your personal taste.

This is episode 2 in our limited series revisiting movies we found to be over or underrated. In this case, we venture back to Dark City, a cult classic that has kinda slipped under the radar. Many prominent critics, including Roger Ebert,

This episode of Cinemavino kicks off a limited series, in which we take a new look at old movies. To qualify, a film must be a stink-bomb that got good reviews, or a great movie that got dumped on. Oddly enough,

For this week's episode, we take random street-level (read: no superpowers) heroes and match them up for an imaginary brawl.  Geeky discussion follows.  As always, our podcast features dirty-bird words, so listener discretion is advised.

*SPOILERS ABOUND* Welcome back to Cinemavino! For this week's podcast, we take a look at the latest monster mash, Godzilla vs. Kong. It was a meh-sh. My review will be coming soon, but in the meantime, you can enjoy our breakdown of the film.